University Hospitals Sussex Trust cares for 65 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 18th Nov 2022, 12:17 BST
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 65 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 65 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on Nov-16 was down from 88 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 71% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 223.

Across England there were 5,010 people in hospital with Covid as of Nov-16, with 122 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 52% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 41%.

The figures also show that 58 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in the week to Nov-14. This was down from 66 in the previous seven days.